voluntaryism
Americannoun
noun
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the principle of supporting churches, schools, and various other institutions by voluntary contributions rather than with state funds
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any system based on this principle
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Origin of voluntaryism
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The Administration has established two rather different varieties of voluntaryism.
From Time Magazine Archive
To give voluntaryism one last chance, one oil company advertised, urging consumers not to use its product.
From Time Magazine Archive
The University of Wisconsin's Nathan Feinsinger, who serves as a special labor consultant to Governor Warren P. Knowles, has proposed the principle of "voluntaryism," a term he borrowed from George Taylor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having regard to the prevailing views on national defence and to the general resistance to Lord Roberts' propaganda, the Territorial scheme reduced the evils of voluntaryism to the minimum.
From With Manchesters in the East by Hurst, Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley), Sir
He writes from India in 1870 to a friend, whom he had advised upon a prosecution for heresy, saying that he saw clearly that we were drifting towards voluntaryism.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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